Post by Pete on Jul 7, 2008 12:37:47 GMT -5
Hey Folks,
After a long winter Renegade had it's first qualifying event on Saturday on the Ottawa River in Rockland. After spending 2 long days of pre fishing for this event, Saturday rolled around and it was go time.
Pulled up to our first spot and missed a big fish, tried to horse it out of a log and she came unbuttoned. By 11:30 we had 2 fish in the box weighing 1.5 lbs combined. So we decided to move to the main river and fish for smallmouth. That is where we were able to catch 4 more decent sized smallies and cull our smallest fish. We still needed 1 more bit to cull that last small fish and the results would have been different.
We ended up with 11.66 lbs minus a .25 lbs penalty to finish with a top 35. That was good enough considering it was the Ottawa River and we never do well on that body of water. The next event is in 2 weeks out of Morrisburg on the mighty St. Lawrence.
I want to congratulate Ken Dagenais for another victory on the river. Good job fellas.,
Pete
After a long winter Renegade had it's first qualifying event on Saturday on the Ottawa River in Rockland. After spending 2 long days of pre fishing for this event, Saturday rolled around and it was go time.
Pulled up to our first spot and missed a big fish, tried to horse it out of a log and she came unbuttoned. By 11:30 we had 2 fish in the box weighing 1.5 lbs combined. So we decided to move to the main river and fish for smallmouth. That is where we were able to catch 4 more decent sized smallies and cull our smallest fish. We still needed 1 more bit to cull that last small fish and the results would have been different.
We ended up with 11.66 lbs minus a .25 lbs penalty to finish with a top 35. That was good enough considering it was the Ottawa River and we never do well on that body of water. The next event is in 2 weeks out of Morrisburg on the mighty St. Lawrence.
I want to congratulate Ken Dagenais for another victory on the river. Good job fellas.,
Pete
. We finished last I think. Rick D. came in with over 14 on 4 fish--including a 5.99 largie. My non-fishing brother and I fished the SEBO the next day on the same lake and it was tough going again. We had 2 in the well at noon, but I picked up a nice one on the north side of an island west of portland in the middle(?) of the lake. Got another late on a whiute spinner bait and managed to come in with 5 fish. At 15.35 pounds we remarkably came in 7th and won big fish (4.95). Had we been able to cull one of the 2 dinks with even a modest 2.5 pounder we might have stolen it. I suggested pulling in 20 minutes early to avoid the log-jam...should have fished hard to the very end. It goes to show you....every ounce counts. Saw you on the water that day but I was concentrating on not flipping my boat 
. Take it easy, Pete.